Leon Grossi

Leon Grossi (1898-1947) was an American mobster who served as a caporegime for the Stracci crime family of New York City during the mid-20th century. In 1947, he was burned to death by the Corleone crime family enforcer Aldo Trapani during the Five Families War.

Biography
Leon Grossi was born in Milan, Lombardy, Italy in 1898, and he emigrated to the United States as a child and settled in New York City. While there, he became affiliated with the Stracci crime family of Staten Island, and he became known for his savvy in matters of business and finance, leading to his promotion to captain by Don Victor Stracci. He presided over a crew of explosives smugglers including Kyle Bellini and Plinio Ottaviano, and, in 1947, his crew was weakened when Ottaviano was assassinated by Corleone crime family enforcer Aldo Trapani during the course of the Five Families War. He then picked up the remains of Ottaviano's business and, rather than continue Ottaviano's strategy of indirectly attacking the Corleones through selling explosives to local street gangs, Grossi decided to bomb Trapani's Bakery in Little Italy to send a direct message to the Corleones. Hoping to avert a mob war, Corleone soldier Angelo Granelli sent his enforcer Aldo Trapani to assassinate Grossi. Trapani killed Grossi's bodyguard Vincenzio Zoff before wounding Grossi and taunting him by asking what the Straccis' problem was; Grossi said that it was better than being a lonely goatherder in Sicily. Trapani then threw him into the bakery's oven, incinerating him alive, and he did the same to his other bodyguard Adriano Bonetti.